THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE…… with BRENDAN BENSON. Before his songs helped propel The Raconteurs up the charts (with an assist from the Jack White brand), Benson was cranking out tunes that are…

EVERYBODY PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER for Sam & Dave o­n “I Thank You.” What were you expecting? Dido? Alanis Morissette?“I'M THANKFUL” by veteran soul singer Spanky Wilson (with British electronica soul producer…

GLEN CAMPBELL, who started out as a seession guitarist for The Champs, The Hondells, Phil Spector and many more, got his solo material from the Sixties' greatest pop prodigies. Brian Wilson gave…

I'M FROM BARCELONA: The 29-person band have signed to Mute North America; Let Me Intruduce My Friends will be released in the US o­n March 20th, 2007. I've linked to their signature…

LET'S ACTIVE, the brainchild of wunderkind producer Mitch Easter, was a band that, between 1983 and 1988, released some of the finest Southern power-pop/jangle-pop of the decade. Here's their best-known, tune, “Every…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with THE REPLACEMENTS, live in Rotterdam, Holland circa 1991, in a set drawing heavily from Pleased To Meet Me, with rarities and covers. Your set includes “I'll Be You,”…

GRAM PARSONS, as a member of both The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, and as a solo artist, anticipated the so-called country rock of the 1970s and the alt-country movement that…

SELLING OUT: RetroCrush has posted a video-filled feature o­n “Favorite Retro Pop Songs Ruined in Commercials.” Pop Candy solicited more ads from readers (AdFreak responds that punk bands selling out is the…

A GREENER SHADE OF PALE: Procol Harum's former organ player, Matthew Fisher, is suing singer Gary Brooker for a share of copyright in the multimillion-selling “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” Fisher claims…

PATE frontman Jon Pratt e-mailed the other day, and noted in passing that his daughters are digging the site, which is very cool. I've probably embarrassed them by mentioning it, but I…